SWAC Football Championship: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The SWAC Championship, officially the Cricket Wireless SWAC Championship Game, is an American college football game that is held annually on the first Saturday in December by the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) to determine its football champion. The game pits the champion of the Eastern Division against the champion of the Western Division in a game that follows the conclusion of the regular season. From 2015 onward, the winner of the game has represented the SWAC in the Celebration Bowl. 

The game was held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1999 through 2012, and moved to NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, for the 2013 through 2017 playing's. Since 2018, the game has been played at a campus site, hosted by the participant with the higher ranking, with the exception of the 2021 spring game when the championship moved to its third neutral location at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the 1998 season, the SWAC announced that the league would be split into two divisions with the divisional winners meeting in a championship game.

Series details

• Title: SWAC Football Championship
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1999-12-02
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN2
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 180 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 69071

Cast and credited roles

• Tiffany Greene — Play-by-Play Commentator
• Jay J. Walker — Football Analyst
• Coley Harvey — Reporter
• Madison Hock — Sideline Reporter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1999: premiered 1999-12-02; final listed air date 1999-12-02.
• Season 2000: premiered 2000-12-02; final listed air date 2000-12-02.
• Season 2001: premiered 2001-12-01; final listed air date 2001-12-01.
• Season 2002: premiered 2002-12-07; final listed air date 2002-12-07.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-12-06; final listed air date 2003-12-06.
• Season 2004: premiered 2004-12-04; final listed air date 2004-12-04.
• Season 2005: premiered 2005-12-03; final listed air date 2005-12-03.
• Season 2006: premiered 2006-12-02; final listed air date 2006-12-02.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-12-01; final listed air date 2007-12-01.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-12-06; final listed air date 2008-12-06.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-12-05; final listed air date 2009-12-05.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-12-04; final listed air date 2010-12-04.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-12-03; final listed air date 2011-12-03.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-12-01; final listed air date 2012-12-01.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-12-07; final listed air date 2013-12-07.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-12-06; final listed air date 2014-12-06.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-12-05; final listed air date 2015-12-05.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-12-03; final listed air date 2016-12-03.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-12-02; final listed air date 2017-12-02.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-12-01; final listed air date 2018-12-01.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-12-07; final listed air date 2019-12-07.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-05-01; final listed air date 2021-12-04.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-12-03; final listed air date 2022-12-03; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-12-02; final listed air date 2023-12-02; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-12-07; final listed air date 2024-12-07; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-12-06; final listed air date 2025-12-06.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-12-05; final listed air date 2026-12-05; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

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